GarageBand sings a tune with $2.5 million

GarageBand.com, the online music startup led by twin brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi, has landed $2.5 million in financing from some deep-pocketed investors.

Om Malik reports that venture capitalist Vinod Khosla — – co-founder of Sun Microsystems — and Bob Pitman — co-founder of MTV — have joined with existing investors to pump $2.5 million into the startup.

With offices in Seattle and San Francisco, GarageBand is creating a new online service that helps people more easily find bands based on their digital music collections or the recommendations of friends. It has been working on that service — dubbed iLike — for the past few months.

GarageBand has gained attention because of the involvement of the Partovis, leaders in the Internet field who previously worked at companies such as Microsoft and LinkExchange.

UPDATE: I just received a mass e-mail from GarageBand’s Ali Partovi, who describes the new funding and the new iLike service. But what caught my eye was the postscript on the message. It reads:

“Special note for Microsoft employees: we know there are some of you on this list. We’re very strictly observing the Microsoft employment agreement and its non-solicit provisions. Therefore, if you’re a Microsoft employee, please don’t contact Hadi or other ex-MS people listed above. If you do, they won’t respond, lest the conversation somehow induces you to leave Microsoft. Instead, just contact me and I’ll give you the scoop.”

GarageBand sings a tune with $2.5 million

GarageBand.com, the online music startup led by twin brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi, has landed $2.5 million in financing from some deep-pocketed investors.

Om Malik reports that venture capitalist Vinod Khosla — – co-founder of Sun Microsystems — and Bob Pitman — co-founder of MTV — have joined with existing investors to pump $2.5 million into the startup.

With offices in Seattle and San Francisco, GarageBand is creating a new online service that helps people more easily find bands based on their digital music collections or the recommendations of friends. It has been working on that service — dubbed iLike — for the past few months.

GarageBand has gained attention because of the involvement of the Partovis, leaders in the Internet field who previously worked at companies such as Microsoft and LinkExchange.

UPDATE: I just received a mass e-mail from GarageBand’s Ali Partovi, who describes the new funding and the new iLike service. But what caught my eye was the postscript on the message. It reads:

“Special note for Microsoft employees: we know there are some of you on this list. We’re very strictly observing the Microsoft employment agreement and its non-solicit provisions. Therefore, if you’re a Microsoft employee, please don’t contact Hadi or other ex-MS people listed above. If you do, they won’t respond, lest the conversation somehow induces you to leave Microsoft. Instead, just contact me and I’ll give you the scoop.”